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This Flesh-Eating Bacteria Is Spreading Across the South—Here’s How To Stay Safe

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10.08.2025
There’s something extra unsettling about the words flesh-eating and beach season being in the same sentence. But that’s where we are. A bacterium called Vibrio vulnificus is spreading across five southern states, and it has already been linked to nine deaths this year. It lives in warm, salty, not-super-clear water—the kind you wade into barefoot while holding […] The post This Flesh-Eating Bacteria Is Spreading Across the South—Here’s How To Stay Safe appeared first on VICE.

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